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Simple, beautiful, beyond smart
Android 4.0 builds on the things people love most about Android — easy multitasking, rich notifications, customizable home screens, resizable widgets, and deep interactivity — and adds powerful new ways of communicating and sharing.
Refined, evolved UI
Focused on bringing the power of Android to the surface, Android 4.0 makes common actions more visible and lets users navigate with simple, intuitive gestures. Refined animations and feedback throughout the system make interactions engaging and interesting. An entirely new typeface optimized for high-resolution screens improves readability and brings a polished, modern feel to the user interface.
Virtual buttons in the System Bar let users navigate instantly to Back, Home, and Recent Apps. The System Bar and virtual buttons are present across all apps, but can be dimmed by applications for full-screen viewing. Users can access each application's contextual options in the Action Bar, displayed at the top (and sometimes also at the bottom) of the screen.
Multitasking is a key strength of Android and it's made even easier and more visual on Android 4.0. The Recent Apps button lets users jump instantly from one task to another using the list in the System Bar. The list pops up to show thumbnail images of apps used recently — tapping a thumbnail switches to the app. The Recent Apps list makes multitasking simple. Jump to the camera or see notifications without unlocking. For incoming calls, you can respond instantly by text.
Rich and interactive notifications let users keep in constant touch with incoming messages, play music tracks, see real-time updates from apps, and much more. On smaller-screen devices, notifications appear at the top of the screen, while on larger-screen devices they appear in the System Bar.
The All Apps launcher (left) and resizable widgets (right) give you apps and rich content from the home screen.
Home screen folders and favorites tray
New home screen folders offer a new way for users to group their apps and shortcuts logically, just by dragging one onto another. From the All Apps launcher, users can now simply drag an app to get information about it or immediately uninstall it, or disable a pre-installed app.
On smaller-screen devices, the home screen now includes a customizable favorites tray visible from all home screens. Users can drag apps, shortcuts, folders, and other priority items in or out of the favorites tray for instant access from any home screen.
Resizable widgets
Home screens in Android 4.0 are designed to be content-rich and customizable. Users can do much more than add shortcuts — they can embed live application content directly through interactive widgets. Widgets let users check email, flip through a calendar, play music, check social streams, and more — right from the home screen, without having to launch apps. Widgets are resizable, so users can expand them to show more content or shrink them to save space.
New lock screen actions
The lock screens now let users do more without unlocking. From the slide lock screen, users can jump directly to the camera for a picture or pull down the notifications window to check for messages. When listening to music, users can even manage music tracks and see album art.
Quick responses for incoming calls
When an incoming call arrives, users can now quickly respond by text message, without needing to pick up the call or unlock the device. On the incoming call screen, users simply slide a control to see a list of text responses and then tap to send and end the call. Users can add their own responses and manage the list from the Settings app.
Swipe to dismiss notifications, tasks, and browser tabs
Android 4.0 makes managing notifications, recent apps, and browoser tabs even easier. Users can now dismiss individual notifications, apps from the Recent Apps list, and browser tabs lists with a simple swipe of a finger.
Improved text input and spell-checking
The soft keyboard in Android 4.0 makes text input even faster and more accurate. Error correction and word suggestion are improved through a new set of default dictionaries and more accurate heuristics for handling cases such as double-typed characters, skipped letters, and omitted spaces. Word suggestion is also improved and the suggestion strip is simplified to show only three words at a time.
To fix misspelled words more easily, Android 4.0 adds a spell-checker that locates and underlines errors and suggests replacement words. With one tap, users can choose from multiple spelling suggestions, delete a word, or add it to the dictionary. Users can even tap to see replacement suggestions for words that are spelled correctly. For specialized features or additional languages, users can now download and install third-party dictionaries, spell-checkers, and other text services.
Powerful voice input engine
Android 4.0 introduces a powerful new voice input engine that offers a continuous "open microphone" experience and streaming voice recognition. The new voice input engine lets users dictate the text they want, for as long as they want, using the language they want. Users can speak continously for a prolonged time, even pausing for intervals if needed, and dictate punctuation to create correct sentences. As the voice input engine enters text, it underlines possible dictation errors in gray. After dictating, users can tap the underlined words to quickly replace them from a list of suggestions.
Data usage controls let you monitor total usage by network type and application and then set limits if needed.
Control over network data
Mobile devices can make extensive use of network data for streaming content, synchronizing data, downloading apps, and more. To meet the needs of users with tiered or metered data plans, Android 4.0 adds new controls for managing network data usage.
In the Settings app, colorful charts show the total data usage on each network type (mobile or Wi-Fi), as well as amount of data used by each running application. Based on their data plans, users can optionally set warning levels or hard limits on data usage or disable mobile data altogether. Users can also manage the background data used by individual applications as needed.
Designed for accessibility
A variety of new features greatly enhance the accessibility of Android 4.0 for blind or visually impaired users. Most important is a new explore-by-touch mode that lets users navigate without having to see the screen. Touching the screen once triggers audible feedback that identifies the UI component below; a second touch in the same component activates it with a full touch event. The new mode is especially important to support users on new devices that use virtual buttons in the System Bar, rather than dedicated hardware buttons or trackballs. Also, standard apps are updated to offer an improved accessibility experience. The Browser supports a script-based screen reader for reading favorite web content and navigating sites. For improved readability, users can also increase the default font size used across the system.
The accessibility experience begins at first setup — a simple touch gesture during setup (clockwise square from upper left) activates all accessibility features and loads a setup tutorial. Once accessibility features are active, everything visible on the screen can be spoken aloud by the standard screen reader.
Communication and sharing
Designed for the way people live, Android 4.0 integrates rich social communication and sharing touchpoints across the system, making it easy to talk, email, text, and share.
People and profiles
Throughout the system, a user’s social groups, profiles, and contacts are linked together and integrated for easy accessibility. At the center is a new People app that offers richer profile information, including a large profile picture, phone numbers, addresses and accounts, status updates, and a new button for connecting on integrated social networks.
The user's own contact information is stored in a new "Me" profile, allowing easier sharing with apps and people. All of the user's integrated contacts are displayed in an easy to manage list, including controls over which contacts are shown from any integrated account or social network. Wherever the user navigates across the system, tapping a profile photo displays Quick Contacts, with shortcuts to phone numbers, text messaging, and more.
Unified calendar, visual voicemail
To help organize appointments and events, an updated Calendar app brings together personal, work, school, and social agendas. With user permission, other applications can contribute events to the calendar and manage reminders, for an integrated view across multiple calendar providers. The app is redesigned to let users manage events more easily. Calendars are color-coded and users can swipe left or right to change dates and pinch to zoom in or out agendas.
In the phone app, a new visual voicemail features integrates incoming messages, voice transcriptions, and audio files from one or more providers. Third-party applications can integrate with the Phone app to add their own voice messages, transcriptions, and more to the visual voicemail inbox.
Capture the picture you want, edit, and share instantly.
Rich and versatile camera capabilities
The Camera app includes many new features let users capture special moments with great photos and videos. After capturing images, they can edit and share them easily with friemds.
When taking pictures, continuous focus, zero shutter lag exposure, and decreased shot-to-shot speed help capture clear, precise images. Stabilized image zoom lets users compose photos and video in the way they want, including while video is recording. For new flexibility and convenience while shooting video, users can now take snapshots at full video resolution just by tapping the screen as video continues to record.
To make it easier to take great pictures of people, built-in face detection locates faces in the frame and automatically sets focus. For more control, users can tap to focus anywhere in the preview image.
For capturing larger scenes, the Camera introduces a single-motion panorama mode. In this mode, the user starts an exposure and then slowly turns the Camera to encompass as wide a perspective as needed. The Camera assembles the full range of continuous imagery into a single panoramic photo.
After taking a picture or video, users can quickly share it by email, text message, bluetooth, social networks, and more, just by tapping the thumbnail in the camera controls.
Redesigned Gallery app with photo editor
The Gallery app now makes it easier to manage, show, and share photos and videos. For managing collections, a redesigned album layout shows many more albums and offers larger thumbnails. There are many ways to sort albums, including by time, location, people, and tags. To help pictures look their best, the Gallery now includes a powerful photo editor. Users can crop and rotate pictures, set levels, remove red eyes, add effects, and much more. After retouching, users can select one or multiple pictures or videos to share instantly over email, text messaging, bluetooth, social networks, or other apps.
An improved Picture Gallery widget lets users look at pictures directly on their home screen. The widget can display pictures from a selected album, shuffle pictures from all albums, or show a single image. After adding the widget to the home screen, users can flick through the photo stacks to locate the image they want, then tap to load it in Gallery.
Live Effects for transforming video
Live Effects is a collection of graphical transformations that add interest and fun to videos captured in the Camera app. For example, users can change the background behind them to any stock or custom image, for just the right setting when shooting video or using Google Talk video chat. Also available is Silly Faces, a set of morphing effects that use state-of-the-art face recognition and GPU filters to add great effects facial features during video capture. For example, you can use effects such as small eyes, big mouth, big nose, face squeeze, and more. Outside of the Camera app, Live Effects is available during video chat in the Google Talk app.
Sharing with screenshots
Users can now share what's on their screens more easily by taking screenshots. Hardware buttons let them snap a screenshot and store it locally. Afterward, they can view, edit, and share the screen shot in Gallery or a similar app.
Cloud-connected experience
Android has always been cloud-connected, letting users browse the web and sync photos, apps, games, email, and contacts — wherever they are and across all of their devices. Android 4.0 adds new browsing and email capabilities to let users take even more with them and keep communication organized.
Powerful web browsing
The Android Browser offers an experience that’s as rich and convenient as a desktop browser. It lets users instantly and manage sync Google Chrome bookmarks from all of their accounts, jump to their favorite content faster, and even save it for reading later in case there's no network available.
To get the most out of web content, users can now request full desktop versions of web sites, rather than their mobile versions. Users can set their preference for web sites separately for each browser tab. For longer content, users can save a copy for offline reading. To find and open saved pages, users can browse a visual list that’s included with browser bookmarks and history. For better readability and accessibility, users can increase the browser’s zoom levels and override the system default text sizes.
Across all types of content, the Android Browser offers dramatically improved page rendering performance through updated versions of the WebKit core and the V8 Crankshaft compilation engine for JavaScript. In benchmarks run on a Nexus S device, the Android 4.0 browser showed an improvement of nearly 220% over the Android 2.3 browser in the V8 Benchmark Suite and more than 35% in the SunSpider 9.1 JavaScript Benchmark. When run on a Galaxy Nexus device, the Android 4.0 browser showed improvement of nearly 550% in the V8 benchmark and nearly 70% in the SunSpider benchmark.
Improved email
In Android 4.0, email is easier to send, read, and manage. For composing email, improved auto-completion of recipients helps with finding and adding frequent contacts more quickly. For easier input of frequent text, users can now create quick responses and store them in the app, then enter them from a convenient menu when composing. When replying to a message, users can now toggle the message to Reply All and Forward without changing screens.
For easier browsing across accounts and labels, the app adds an integrated menu of accounts and recent labels. To help users locate and organize IMAP and Exchange email, the Email app now supports nested mail subfolders, each with synchronization rules. Users can also search across folders on the server, for faster results.
For enterprises, the Email app supports EAS v14. It supports EAS certificate authentication, provides ABQ strings for device type and mode, and allows automatic sync to be disabled while roaming. Administrators can also limit attachment size or disable attachments.
For keeping track of incoming email more easily, a resizable Email widget lets users flick through recent email right from the home screen, then jump into the Email app to compose or reply.
Android is continously driving innovation forward, pushing the boundaries of communication and sharing with new capabilities and interactions.
Android Beam for NFC-based sharing
Android Beam is an innovative, convenient feature for sharing across two NFC-enabled devices, It lets people instantly exchange favorite apps, contacts, music, videos — almost anything. It’s incredibly simple and convenient to use — there’s no menu to open, application to launch, or pairing needed. Just touch one Android-powered phone to another, then tap to send.
For sharing apps, Android Beam pushes a link to the app's details page in Android Market. On the other device, the Market app launches and loads the details page, for easy downloading of the app. Individual apps can build on Android Beam to add other types of interactions, such as passing game scores, initiating a multiplayer game or chat, and more.
Face Unlock
Android 4.0 introduces a completely new approach to securing a device, making it even more personal — Face Unlock is a new screen-lock option that lets users unlock their devices with their faces. It takes advantage of state-of-the-art facial recognition technology to register a face and to recognize it later when unlocking the device. Users just hold their devices in front of their faces to unlock, or use a backup PIN or pattern.
Wi-Fi Direct and Bluetooth HDP
Support for Wi-Fi Direct lets users connect directly to nearby peer devices over Wi-Fi, for more reliable, higher-speed communication. No internet connection or tethering is needed. Through third-party apps, users can connect to compatible devices to take advantage of new features such as instant sharing of files, photos, or other media; streaming video or audio from another device; or connecting to compatible printers or other devices.
Android 4.0 also introduces built-in support for connecting to Bluetooth Health Device Profile (HDP) devices. With support from third-party apps, users can connect to wireless medical devices and sensors in hospitals, fitness centers, homes, and elsewhere. In addition, for connecting to higher quality Bluetooth audio devices, Android 4.0 adds support for Bluetooth Hands Free Profile (HFP) 1.6.

Looks promising. Can't wait.

Oh wow the face unlock looks coooool
Too bad we dont have a face camera

am only hoping that we can update to Ice cream because sony ericsson has not even made an official annoncement that Arc will get this update

I´m not sure...if sony ericsson will give us this update. i think there is on big problem, the extremly low ram in the xperia series.

if se wont give us ice cream sandwich, i think cyanogenmod will give to us

SirRobin78 said:
I´m not sure...if sony ericsson will give us this update. i think there is on big problem, the extremly low ram in the xperia series.
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It works on the Nexus S so it will definitely work on Xperia Arc, as far as SE is concerned with spewing out updates, they will want to upgrade the majority of the xperia 2011 range to 4.0, i dont think they will leave out their flagship out in the cold.

I can't wait for the update. XD
I would love to hear of a new exploit to root ICS. ;-) LOL!

Really, really, REALLY WANT THIS ICS~!!

The Dutch se branch stated that the full 2011 xperia range will get an update to ics
sent from my miui arc

if will get this..is it possible to have the face unlock feature we dont have the front face camera.

elnitrox said:
if will get this..is it possible to have the face unlock feature we dont have the front face camera.
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I think this function would simply not be implemented for us ... :S

Hope to see it on Xperia arc.
Sent from my Xperia arc using Tapatalk

Seriously I was not to impressed with this I c s they bragged about features that was already in 2.3 .4 and about features that you can get from apps that are already in the market and the way they kept repeating with every sentence how great it was over and over kinda got on my nerves kind of reminiscent of the idiots at apple telling you how their products of so magical
It does look good don't get me wrong but I be waiting for a Couple of reviews on it before I have Update I did like that resizing of widgets that is very nice and a couple of other things but did you see how the face recognition failed on stage very sad!
Sent from my LT15i using XDA App

Thanks to the opener for the great summary! Anyway I want it just for the GUI hardware acceleration, let's hope that SE will bring to us as soon as possible, but I trust more Cyanogen team for this task

Face-unlock:
1. Get target phone that is locked with Face Unlock. 2. Hold camera up to target's facebook profile pic on your screen 3. Access!

Hardware-accelerated 2D drawing
All Android-powered devices running Android 4.0 are required to support hardware-accelerated 2D drawing. Developers can take advantage of this to add great UI effects while maintaining optimal performance on high-resolution screens, even on phones. For example, developers can rely on accelerated scaling, rotation, and other 2D operations, as well as accelerated UI components such as TextureView and compositing modes such as filtering, blending, and opacity.

SE will bring out Android 4.0 for every Xperia phones of 2011!
Source: http://www.gadgetzone.nl/nieuws.php?id=8162

i don't like the colors.

i like it

Flyme 6.2.0.0 Chinese version is out!

Hey guys,
As of Sept 26th flyme team released the 6.2 version of the firmware, below you find the changelog translated from Chinese by Google Translate.
Function adjustment
• System
part of the model replaced by the bottom of the Android: charm blue 5 / charm blue 3 / charm blue U10 / charm blue U20 / charm blue metal / charm blue 2 / charm blue 2 telecommunications version of the
new "screenshot sound" switch options and hide the volume bar when the shots, the pursuit of efficient refuse embarrassment
to optimize the response speed of the game mode is switched, relaxed five Liansha, when pigs as teammates refused
by judging the current pop scene suitable volume box, the only thing to do each scene
other:
optimization Notification Storage Box Sort Logic
Video FLV Added Support H265 Format
Adjusts the font size in the status bar, real-time web display, and "mute" icon styles
• Communicate
security home, create a family protection circle, identify scams, smart Notification Reminder, Remote Operation Full Guard
Path: Setup - Accessibility - Security Family
How to use: After updating to a stable version, if you can not find the function in the above path, you can move the "application store" download using the
phone mute flip, in a quiet corner with the most simple gestures to avoid the ringtail
path: Phone - Settings - Incoming calls flip
Uniform Meizu application location service, not only need accurate location information, but also to save power and
other provinces :
Wi-Fi list of display logic
power less than 10% of the optimization reminder
• calendar
new holiday display Backgrounds and anniversaries and other records, the ritual of life is the source of the romantic
path: calendar - set - holiday display background image
path: calendar - new events - more options
• mobile phone housekeeper
new security sweep function, identify malicious two dimensional code, money and information two not leak
path: mobile phone housekeeper - settings - security scan code
Flyme security keyboard, data security, create bank-level safe
high consumption and traffic alerts, master data usage to avoid exceeding expectations
optimized automatic garbage clean-up, avoiding task conflict, may quicken the work
to update the virus database and compression module Small, killing more timely and effective virus protection
• power management
game mode is turned on intelligent high-performance mode, struck the first blow, the game is more fun
• One Mind
habits of your sleep time and work smart, not disturb my gentle
• Document Management
Optimize the refresh rate of the most recent list of files, which is the workplace.
•
When you share a picture, you can support the preview of the image. It also allows microblogging to log in and share more simple and effective.
• Mail
optimization to jump up and down mail rules, see more quickly
without the need to expand the list of accessories can quickly preview the attachment, the small screen can also master the entire content to
adjust the text of the image loading logic, after entering the details page to do display, reduce traffic consumption
• Music
Number of music in a variety of formats in the local music folder
• Reading
access to "Dangdang", rich publication and exquisite typography, enrich your September
" Access to the correct way to make wool, from the lack of shortage of
Seems like there's no change in the still-buggy Camera app. International version usually come few weeks after the release of the Chinese version so happy for the Chinese people, and for people from the rest of the world, you have to wait. If you can't, try it from here DOWNLOAD FLYME 6.2 CHINESE VERSION. It has English and other languages but it's not completely translated and has Chinese apps in it.

Flyme 7.3.0.0A [Stable] Big Update [ROM]

Release date : May 30 2019
This update might be one of the crucial final update of flyme 7.Next coming might be flyme 8.
[ Chinese Stable firmware 7.3.0.0A FINAL ]
Changelog :
Function Adjustment
• System
Upgrade One Mind 3.0, optimize the system background scheduling strategy, optimize game stability, improve the use
of fluency new three finger slide screenshot, screenshot multiple posture, support game mode to disable three-finger screenshot
Path: three-finger slide screen, game Interface Panda Assistant-set-shielding gesture
screenshot Adjust turn off alarm turn off gesture, from upper slip off to tap close, sober off reject
sleepy Optimize status bar carrier text scrolling logic in dual card state, scroll only
once in lock screen state
• Library New Recycle Bin one-click
cleanup function path: Gallery-Settings-Recycle Bin
-cleanup Optimize picture cutting scale function
, video screen
optimization recording screen rate, video screen more clear
• Mobile Butler
optimization mobile phone butler mobile phone slimming strategy, support audio, video distinction cleanup, New pictures, video quick compression entrance, effectively reduce the storage footprint of mobile phones, improve
the use
of the experience
• Settings new negative one
screen personal assistant turn off Switch path: settings-accessibility-personal assistant
• Calendar
Calendar Notifications and reminders support select Suspension and Pop window form
path: calendar-More on the right-settings-notifications and
reminders
• Desktop Desktop page number dots change to solid
optimization app open/Exit animation effects
Add popular app folders, update desktop popular apps, update small game icons
• Voice assistant
Optimize Voice assistant Interface display effect
• Change machine assistant
to optimize machine change success rate, support breakpoint
Continuation,
other parts of the model will automatically uninstall the "map", " Reading ", if necessary can go to the store download installation
due to functional adjustment, Good morning daily function has been offline problem
Improvement
• System Solving
The problem of occasional WeChat flashback and solving some models of occasional voice assistant wake-up
problem repair right slide into negative one screen appear carton phenomenon
• Desktop
Fix the phenomenon of desktop reloading that returns to the
desktop fix some scenes under the phenomenon of duplicate display of WeChat windows and
Desktop overlay repair settings display size is large, desktop icons display incomplete phenomenon
Fix set live wallpaper after paddling back to desktop, desktop display exception phenomenon
fix when using light wallpaper, desktop app icon shows unclear phenomenon
• Game mode
solves problem of game mode anti-error touch failure
Solve the problem
that the game interface can not paste text
• Theme Beautification Repair lock screen illustrated flower screen
display phenomenon solution set lock screen wallpaper does not take effect
Resolve gestures Double-click on the screen can not switch lock screen
wallpaper problem
• Music repair Music song single cover and bottom player cover inconsistent phenomenon.
Get It From Here
https://firmware.meizu.com/Firmware/Flyme/PRO6_Plus/7.3.0.0/cn/20190529113057/cb7c3436/update.zip
Do Not Forget To Press Thanks If You Like It
Regards

Hi!
Do you believe that there will be a global version of this in the future? Or am I supposed to stop dreaming of it and just update to this from stock 7.0G?
Thanks for the upload!

What I don't understand and it is really annoys me is why each any every app wants to have access to internet. Even calculator request it as well as video and gallery.
Is there a reason for that except sending some report (maybe all my data ) back to Meizu?

wyvern123 said:
Hi!
Do you believe that there will be a global version of this in the future? Or am I supposed to stop dreaming of it and just update to this from stock 7.0G?
Thanks for the upload!
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Global development is mostly dead. Don't expect an update on global. If you want update, just go to A.

wyvern123 said:
What I don't understand and it is really annoys me is why each any every app wants to have access to internet. Even calculator request it as well as video and gallery.
Is there a reason for that except sending some report (maybe all my data ) back to Meizu?
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You can block access to internet on security.Atleast flyme is allowing to do so.

Did anyone have issue with the NFC? I uploaded the "Super Night View" edition, which is also downloadable form flyme.cn and the NFC reader doesn't do anything. I tried different apps and none of them read any tags. The apps are aware if the NFC is disabled as it request to enable first. But can't read any tag.
Is the "Super Night View" mode reachable in the camera app in the firmware uploaded here?

Tried both type of 7.3 ROMs and the NFC doesn't work in any of them. The NFC reader app is aware if it is on or off but can't recognise any tags.
Does anyone having the same issue? Is there a solution for it? Or maybe my phone is defective?

wyvern123 said:
Tried both type of 7.3 ROMs and the NFC doesn't work in any of them. The NFC reader app is aware if it is on or off but can't recognise any tags.
Does anyone having the same issue? Is there a solution for it? Or maybe my phone is defective?
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I think you misunderstood NFC in p6p as ordinary one. Understand that, android beam is not supported by it.So that we can't use it to read tags and further. Its only use is for paying at shops. But also it is limited to some chinese banks and apps.So basically no use of nfc for global users.
Talking about super night mode on camera. Still not implemented even it's available as new feature. Hope it comes with flyme 8 if they release one for p6p.

adarshm4you said:
I think you misunderstood NFC in p6p as ordinary one. Understand that, android beam is not supported by it.So that we can't use it to read tags and further. Its only use is for paying at shops. But also it is limited to some chinese banks and apps.So basically no use of nfc for global users.
Talking about super night mode on camera. Still not implemented even it's available as new feature. Hope it comes with flyme 8 if they release one for p6p.
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Not true, I am using it for paying and it is not chinese app. I have tried with 2 banks in Poland and it is working.
Now i have some problems with debugging mode. Despite the fact I can run it no phone, the let's say home unit, is not seeing my phone.

ColorOS 7 (Android 10) beta coming in oktober!

Hello everybody,
Just read that ColorOS 7 (Android 10) beta coming in oktober!
https://www.gizmochina.com/2019/09/27/oppo-reno-10x-zoom-android-10/

Curious, what features it will bring

klisza1993 said:
Curious, what features it will bring
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I hope that the double wifi (connect to wifi 2.4 and 5Ghz at the same time) feature will also be included...

Whats for ? To gain speed ?

klisza1993 said:
Whats for ? To gain speed ?
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Yes double wifi increases wifi download speed and decreases latency

Oh. Its good to have one. But i think that using 5ghz at least you ll get more performance but except that any other good features ? For example, recording from wide angle camera ?..... Ridiculous that such an expensive device doesnt have it Huawei p20pro has ! And its cheaper.

I hope for a wide-system dark mode and video recording with periscope and ultra wide camera..

can we except internal audio recording feature?

I must say this is a bit impressive from OPPO.
GSMArena.com: Oppo Reno gets Android 10 beta - GSMArena.com news.
https://www.gsmarena.com/oppo_reno_gets_android_10_beta_in_china-news-39437.php

Changelog for oppo reno beta, i guess it will be same for 10X too and no update for camera functions:
「Display & Brightness」
• Adds Dark Mode, a set of dark color schemes, delivers an all-new visual experience for you.
• Adds Screen-Off Clock options for personalizing your lock screen.
「System」
• Multi-Screen Interaction has been renamed Screen Cast and user instructions have been added.
• Swipe left or right at the bottom of the screen to switch between recently used apps.
• Adds Brand new system animations, animations are more rich and exquisite.
• Adds Brand new charging animation to create a visually smoother experience.
• Tap a blank area on the Recent Tasks screen to go back to the Home screen.
• Optimized sounds to pair more naturally with the UI design.
「Screencast」
• Adds Multi-screen interactive upgrades to screencast, new instructions for use, easy to master function points.
「Game Space」
• Restyled the launch screen with vibrant animations and dazzling visuals.
「Security」
• Adds SOS Helper: Emergency contacts will receive a call once you are in danger.
• Adds an Emergency Call button on the power off-screen.
• Adds Passwords function: Encrypt all app accounts and passwords you save to Passwords. Passwords will autofill this information when you sign in to your apps.
「Notification Bar」
• Adds Hide Status Bar icons for silent notifications.
• Optimized the Quick Settings interface for easier one-handed operation.
「Screenrecord」
• Adds Screenrecord shortcut setting button, for fast and intuitive operation.
• Adds the Pause option in screenrecord.
「Screenshot」
• Adds Support to original keep/delete the original image after editing the screenshot.
• Adds Screenshot sound On/Off option.
• New screenshot interaction: After taking a screenshot, swipe up and release to share it, or swipe down and release to take a long screenshot.
「Calculator」
• Adds Calculator floating window mode, floating window transparency can be adjusted, calculator interface is free to switch, the calculation is faster and more convenient.
「File Manager」
• Adds a recent files list for you to easily browse newly added files.
「Weather」
• Adds new animations and restyled the layout in Weather.
「Recording」
• Adds Trim function in Recorder.
「Home Screen」
• Adds Simple Mode for the Home screen. App icons are displayed larger and the screen layout is simplified.
• Adds a series of new live wallpapers.
• Adds Desktop swipe down now can custom Settings for Notification Center or Global Search.
「HeyTap Cloud」
• Adds cloud services. Files and important data can be saved to the cloud for access on all devices.
• Cloud Service has been renamed HeyTap Service.
「Clock」
• Adds options to select where you want to display Dual Clock.
「Communications」
• A random MAC is provided for your phone when connected to Wi-Fi to block targeted ads and improve privacy protection.
• Adds a drawer in "Messages" that merges different functions and settings.
• Adds Contact support last name avatar display
• Optimized SIM card and data management.
• Optimized the Contacts interface for more conciseness and efficiency.
「Camera」
• Optimized the UI for you to easily set and use frequently used functions.

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October is almost over, still nothing in, don't believe there will be anything soon.

Fir3blade said:
October is almost over, still nothing in, don't believe there will be anything soon.
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For me never oppo again

dajumper said:
For me never oppo again
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+1

Fir3blade said:
October is almost over, still nothing in, don't believe there will be anything soon.
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Well OPPO said Reno 10x zoom beta by the end of October and they have already asked users to sign for beta builds in China.

That means some more months for you guys to wait for a stable release, lots of other manufacturers already dropped Android 10 for their flagships.
Glad I already got rid of this pice of junk.

mohitgalaxy3 said:
I must say this is a bit impressive from OPPO.
GSMArena.com: Oppo Reno gets Android 10 beta - GSMArena.com news.
https://www.gsmarena.com/oppo_reno_gets_android_10_beta_in_china-news-39437.php
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Stil impressed?

They are not even caring about CPH1919 indian variant. No updates nothing new. Even their customer assistance is not good.

Does anyone has any news about when will we get the final stable version?
Cheers

Badelhas said:
Does anyone has any news about when will we get the final stable version?
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No, Oppo is not even releasing beta in China don't know what they are upto.

OPPO Find X5, Step 3: Let's move to the review Part 2

Hello Everyone,
The second part of the review is this thread.
The first one is here.
The second is this thread
The third one is here.
ColorOS and Connectivity
So ColorOS… ColorOS… ColorOS
A new UI for me. Pixel and Stock OS have been my best friend for years now, including Oxygen OS up to 11. After seeing its direction, I used MIUI for a long time and got fed up with it.
So, first boot: Android 12 of the box with ColorOS 12.1 + a D1 OTA/February Patch.
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It's themed like many OEMs. However, you can see the Android 12 base behind the curtains and sometimes even Android itself with no customization.
However, OPPO made many customizations in their system when you dig into it. Launcher, notifications, Icons, settings, smart sidebar, their own privacy sub-menu, including the Android functionalities. They have tons of their applications such as OPPO Share, Omoji, gallery, video, even the clock, files app, O Relax (?) and so many apps like App cloner, App Enhancement, App services or others OPPO in-home system apk. Not mentioned on top of the Android Framework, you will also find an OPPO/OPlus framework to make all these works together (surely necessary for the Phone Manager that looks like the security center in MIUI).
We are on Google App for Android for the Phone Dialer and SMS/Messages APP. No OPPO system apps for that. And I like that. So, no debate here.
At first glance, all these apps are just giving the users some native functionalities Android already integrates into Android 12. And give the impression that they are reminiscence of a China firmware variant without Google services in this local market. But lots of them are marked as EU APK variants. And many system apps can't be uninstalled (disable only). And all of them are not available on the Google Play store as they should be if we follow Android Guidelines.
I said earlier, no biases. I have to get it a try…. And it was hard at first.
It gives the impression that OPPO has integrated Android 12 functionalities made by Google, added theirs on top to expand them, and managed to balance it somehow.
But... But… It's weird. It's a heavily customized UI based on Android, with the flavor of a Fork and a clean OS (which is not).
Let's start with the launcher. It's fast, allows many options, got the discover/at glance functionality, and you can add widgets (works well with OPPO widgets, less with 3rd party apps/Google widgets), change the layout of the home screens, change the shape or even colors of the icons, notification shade icons. So, you will say Material You. Nope. It seems an OPPO solution, including a wallpaper's colors picker.
And it's the same for many things. Notification shades are a struggle for me. Too many operations to have a global view and enter the app. I have many email accounts and receive many emails. You can all the notifications grouped for each inbox; that's great. You can unfold them and see each notification for each mail. Great. But when it's folded, clicking on the shade, you should get you in the inbox with all read and unread mail. Here, you need to unfold, select an email, go into the email in the app, go back, and then be in your inbox.
And the system is still responsive, the battery is good, and no drain due to these additions, and you customized the X5 to get a closer look at a Pixel/Stock OS. Some options or functionality will pop, giving you more of this feel… or the opposite.
I choose the US region on the phone, meaning lots of functionalities are deactivated to comply with local regulations… No Omoji, Themes, or way to customize the OS. Usually, when these options are free (like themes), the product is you (and your data). The X5 doesn't have Air Gestures functionality like its big brother, the X5 Pro. It can be a nice touch; for me, it's just a gimmick, like a quick ball, smart bar. I tried them. I understand the addiction, but it's not for me. At least the goal of Android, personalize it for your own usage. And it was the same for O Relax. It allows you to relax with a mix of music and video for a time duration you have decided. Zen attitude. Yeps, great for those who need, nope for me.
For Privacy, OPPO stated, "User privacy is about transparency. OPPO has been improving data compliance through storage and process. With servers deployed in multiple locations worldwide, OPPO guarantees that user data stays in the nearby servers, saved in a non-plain text transmitted using a proprietary protocol."
ColorOS 12 comes with Private System, Private Safe, App Lock, and more security features with Android 12 Privacy Dashboards. However, on the phone, their privacy notice is outdated from November 2020. It seems the servers are in Germany for EU users, so OPPO complies with GPDR.
Okay, user data are safe and encrypted. ColorOS even integrates the new A12 guidelines as permissions of apps to use the camera, microphone, localization (approximate or precise), the data used, and the green dot to indicate whether an app uses a microphone or camera.
Anti-peeping feature is also included, and the system will recognize if it's the viewer looking at the screen, so the notification or content can be hidden if tuned this way.
So, with the integration of Android 12 Features, OPPO custom-made additions, a new 3D engine for rendering, the wallpaper-based theming stuff, the smart sidebar, the nearby share integration, the quick return bubble, and all the animations On, what about the battery?
Surprisingly… Good. 3 Gmail accounts + 2 Exchange ones + photography + not a great network as fewer frequencies available here in the US with an EU variant + YouTube + some casual games here and there… You are good to go for the day. As usual, I turned my smartphone by restricting apps I don't use, and I need to refresh when I go inside them (and believe me, it makes a massive difference as ColorOs allows Foreground Activity, Background Activity, and Auto Launch options to enable or disable.
And if there is an issue, you can activate the Super power-saving mode making your smartphone a feature phone. You can add 3 apps on top of the clock, dialer and messaging apps. It will help you be reachable until you find a way to recharge your phone.
Like many OEMs, OPPO integrates the virtual RAM gimmick, adding virtual memory using your storage as paginated space for the less used apps still in memory and the multitasking mode. So, you will have from 2Gb to 5Gb more than the 8Gb RAM available in this variant. With UFS 3.1, the less used in-memory apps, no slowdown with that… but again, a gimmick to avoid pushing a 12Gb variant as the 101 available variants for a flagship.
Floating windows, flexible windows… all these kinds of things are available under Android 12 with PIP mode, and obviously, they are also present in the X5.
Except for the split-screen functionality, the others I don't use … on a smartphone. The screen is too small; Bingo is on a tablet, but here, again, not my usage. It's functional; animations are great, nothing to add. Some OEMs have an issue implementing on top of their framework, but this is not the case here. If you're a fan of it, you will have it with the X5 series.
ColorOS also integrates all you need for casting your screen. From Miracast to Chromecast, wirelessly to a wired way from TV to your computer screen.
You have your TV or Android or Google or whatever Box up to date, and you should have the opportunity to share your screen and the Audio.
To share your screen on your computer, you will need to download an app, PC Connect client for Mac or Windows, allowing the connection with your phone… And that's it. You will have a floating window on your desktop mirroring your OPPO screen. Fast and easy. Sharing clipboard functionality is also available.
The wired connection is working via USB-C to HDMI cable; gaming and YouTube are okay, but I had an issue with streaming apps like Prime Video or Netflix where I don't have any with other brands. Maybe it's up to these apps to allow or integrate this new model. The issue is a no go from the apps to decrypt protected content.
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Speaking of updates, this Find series should usually receive 3 years of Major OS upgrades and 4 years of security updates (per month or as required…)
Something I didn't see a lot in OPPO communication is the O-Haptics functionality. I like it, and it gives a little punch to the notification or when you are using the smartphone. And you can finetune the intensity and synchronize it with the tones. The demonstration video is convincing, and I am waiting for a third-party app using the API/Library.
Another exciting thing is that the product has 2 IMEI, 2 SIM cards trays, and the eSIM option. I will bet the eSIM will deactivate the SIM 2 port if active. But saying eSIM is finally live is a great thing.
The Wi-Fi 6 is 2.4Gbps compatible in the Connectivity part, so easy to reach these numbers. With my GB internet plan, I reach 1.4Gbps on download, with the Wi-Fi meaning with got here the 2x80Mhz bandwidth instead of only 1x80 or 2x40Mhz for some competitors and blocked you only at 1.2Gbps.
For LTE, LTE-A, LTE NR, SA, NSA, 5G, or whatever, sorry, EU variant, and I am in the US, so that it won't be representative.
Let's go for Part 3 and the Final Thoughts
Again, thank you OPPO and @OPPO Ambassador Team for this opportunity.​